These industry giants signed on to collaborate with A * STAR's scientists on research covering inspection and testing, manufacturing, advanced materials, and computational modeling.
Amanda Hocking — who became the poster child for self - publishing on the Kindle after she made more than $ 2 million from a series of young - adult novels she wrote and published in the past year —
signed a $ 2 - million deal earlier this year with St. Martin's Press, a unit of publishing
giant Macmillan, to write a new series of young - adult novels (my colleague Cyndy Aleo wrote a series of posts recently based on her interviews with several young authors about the changes in the
industry).